1 Korinthians 9
1 Ime mena son bi na? Ime mena wu whu Rji na? Ime mena to Yesu Irji mbu na? Ana biyi bi tindu ni me ni blater Rji na?
Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are ye not my work in the Lord?
2 Idan me na wu blater Rji nibari na u me bla niyiwu, Biyi bi Zame ndi kapyeme nime nitabatar ni ndumu ni bla ter Rji.
If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you, for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Wayi yiter wa me Kle kpamu idan ndi ba tre nitu mu.
My defense to those who examine me is this.
4 Kina hei yanci wa kiri ndi sou na?
Have we no, not a right to eat and to drink?
5 Kina hei ni yanci wa ki ba vayi mbu iwah, na wa ibru bi tundu Baci, ni mir vayi ni ndu Rji naba Kefas na?
Have we no, not a right to lead about a sister wife, as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Biya kome ni Barnabas megye ki na hei ni iko u kambu ni ndu?
Or have only I and Barnabas no right not to be occupied earning a living?
7 Anha ni ti ndu soja ni tuma ki mu? Anha ni ron biri ni woma da na rhi iya ma na? wu nha ni ho lando dana so u imasesan mba na?
Who ever enlists in an army at his own wage? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock?
8 Biya me tre tre yi ni gbegble ter ndi mu? Bina to di doka me tre tokina?
Do I say these things according to man, or does not the law also say these things?
9 U ni doka Musa a tre di na yau takunkumi ni wa ni mla biri tei na. A hi jiji lando wandi Irji ni kwa ha?
For it is written in the law of Moses thou shall not muzzle an ox threshing grain. Is God concerned about oxen,
10 Ana si tre ni tumbu, indi na? ba han ta wu ndi indi u yoh sor, anife indi wa ase tat take hiri, wa wumw du tei ni suron riri anife.
or does he speak altogether for our sake? For our sake, for it was written, He who plows ought to plow with hope, and he who threshes with his hope, with hope to share.
11 U kita cu wu ru haniya ni yiwu ani kpe rigra ma duta girbi kpibi wu kpah ni yi?
If we sowed spiritual things to you, is it a great thing if we will reap your carnal things?
12 Indan bari ba te yana yi ni yi, kina zan ba na? Ama ki na miye yanci kina kita de ki vu suron ni koga don ki na kpa tre Bishara Kristi ti meme na zuta tendu Bishara Yesu Almasihu.
If others are partakers of the right from you, are not we more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we cover all things, so that we may not give any hindrance to the good news of the Christ.
13 Bina to biwa ba tindu ni mi tar Rji ba fe hla ni sau mba ni kiyi na? Biwa basi tindu ni tra Rji ba hai ni rabo mba ni kpi biwa ba rhi ni myi hai kalin.
Know ye not that those being employed at the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar are partakers at the altar?
14 Ana kiwi Rji tre bi tendu ni terma Bishara bari da sau ni tunko bishara.
And so the Lord commanded those who proclaim the good news to live from the good news.
15 Ama ime mina miye yanci ri me na me na nah du ba ti kep ni muna; croma du me kwuu ni du indi hana ni me ni bubu grie ni tu kpe u bi yi.
But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty.
16 Indan me bla tre bishara me ha hei ni kpe wu wurwo ni suron na a hei nimu hello du me ti ndu ki. Ani meme ni idan me na bla tre Bishara
For if I preach the good news, it is not a source of pride for me, for an obligation is laid upon me. And woe is to me if I do not preach the good news.
17 Meta tei wayi ni suron mu riri, me kpa kpe wa Irji a zinimu u bima. Ama hle ta na ti ni suron riri na. u me rhi he ni nauwaya nitu mu.
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward, but if involuntarily, I have been entrusted with a commission.
18 Wagye a rabo mu? U meta bla tre Rji me ya ni no Bishara nina kpa gbe wa a hi yancu mu ni ti bishara na.
What then is my reward? That, while preaching the good news, I may make the good news of the Christ without charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the good news.
19 Ko da ike iwo mu na sa kpe na mi kati grah ni ndi don mi ndi gbron gbuglu wu ye ni Rji.
For although being free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that I might gain the more.
20 Ni Yahudawa, me k'mati bayabude, don ndi gbi yahuda. Ni bi wa ba hei ni zha bi blah ter, do kpa me, mi hei ni mi mba meni gbi wa ba hei ni zha bi blah tre me ti na ki ko da shike mi na hei ni bi blah tre na.
And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews, to those under law, as under law, so that I might gain those under law,
21 Bi wa bana hei ni karkashi sharia na ime me k'ma hei na bi wa ba na he ni shari'a na ko shike me na hamma ni shiriya u Rji na Du naki me hei karkashi doka Rji me ti naki me ndi kpadi bi wa ba na he mi sharia na.
to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ), so that I might gain men without law.
22 Ni biwa bana hei ni gbegble na, me hei naki niba don me gbro bi hama ne gbengblen.
To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.
23 Me tei kogye don bishara me ndi yoh woh ni min biwa ba kiti ndu don me ndi kpa albarka game.
And I do this for sake of the good news, so that I might become a fellow participant of it.
24 Bina to ndi indi gbugbu u bari ni gasa tsutsu, u bi waba tsutsu a, indi riri ni kpah sakamaka na?
Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.
25 Indi u tsutsu ani mla kpama ti naki dafe gbegble kpama du hyi gyegyer. Ba tei naki du ba kpakpe wa ni ti meme wu bi gasa tsutsu bati nda kpa kpe wa ni kri ko'b ana wu te meme na.
And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.
26 Anayi me tsutsu na me na he ni manufei na, yada me ti dambe an a kama me ndi da si tsi ni gwugwu na.
I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air.
27 Me mean ni kpa mu ti u yah, na mi gra don idan me bla tre Rji ni bari ime tumu mika na ti meme na.
But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.
